Went to London yesterday.

I can confirm it's still there.

Overall a good weekend, if a little busy.

As we didn't have a church meeting this week (the church was involved with the Bicester carnival) we took the opportunity to go and spend some time with my mother. She is no longer a well woman, and there's no way of knowing whether we'll have her company for another decade or another year. Knowing this, it seems best to make the most of every opportunity.

London was a little quieter than usual, but not enormously so. This morning on the radio, one of the presenters discussed how everything was quiet in Covent Gardent and at the West End theatre she attended. That may have been so, but traffic was just as heavy overall as usual - took an hour and 25 min to get from Crystal Palace to the A40 at White city, which is pretty typical.


Saturday we went punting in Cambridge with Pete and Alison - my brother and his wife. Popped over there on motorcycles (that was half the fun of it) and then played dodge 'em boats up the backs. Thanks you two - it was a good day out.